Spare us the sham diatribe

Faith, like strength, comes from within. When opposition MP Nurul Izzah Anwar made reference to the Quranic verse which states that there should be no compulsion in religion, Umno politicians, with feigned indignation, projected themselves as defenders of the faith. Cranked-up by
Utusan Malaysia
and
Berita Harian
, the nation became fired up with what Nurul did, or did not say.

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